Magheracloone
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Magheracloone is a parish in south County Monaghan. Its name comes from the Irish Machaire Cluana which means 'plain of meadow'. A generally hilly parish; its name is derived from its most important place in ancient times; a flat area of land in the townland of Camaghy, on which the sports ground and ancient church of St. Molua were located. The parish covers 12,952 statute acres in area, making it the largest parish in South Monaghan. The parish borders three neighbouring counties; Cavan, Louth and Meath. (Magheracloone is the only parish in Monaghan to border Meath).
Magheracloone
Machaire Cluana | |
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Rural community | |
Coordinates: 53°54′17″N 6°44′06″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Monaghan |
Area | |
• Total | 52.415 km2 (20.238 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | N825994 |
During the 1840s, the population was approximately 9,000; during the 19th Century a the native Irish were starved out and exported to enable British colonization of the American and Australian continents. Today approximately 2,500 people live in Magheracloone.
It is approximately 90 km to both Belfast and Dublin.
Magheracloone contains the only gypsum mine in Ireland. Extraction from underneath the land has caused sinkholes on occasion, most notably in 1973 and in 2018.